Word: sneering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...giving a play which has very little dramatic precedent, but the result did not particularly suffer from this. Mr. Leiber in the part of the unscrupulous and ambitious Duke of Gloster gives a very cold interpretation. There is no ranting passion and violent action, but merely the bloodless, calculating sneer of the subtle egoist, all of which is as it should...
...wooing of Lady Anne, widow of Edward, Prince of Wales, whose blood is scarcely dry on his sword, Gloster presents his suit with all of the cunning of a snake charming its prospective prey. The lady assents, and as she departs Mr. Leiber gives a very emphatic sneer and a disparaging remark on the constancy of women. All through the play he uses men as his tools and then throws them aside with no compunction. There is no excitement about it; they have done their part, are no longer useful and are dismissed with nothing more for their pains than...
...Jose, 27, is a lawyer and has prudently decided to meet oaths and insults with a quiet sneer. But Son Miguel, 26, is a reserve corps lieutenant, and to a Spanish officer the honor of his father must be held dear as Life...